Lesser extent? that's the definition of Boyd. Beckford has pace and can finish from more than 12 yards at least.
Boyd would score more goals and close players down from time to time though.
Beckford's a decent lad but he'll be hated if he comes here because of his style of play. Never in a million years a premiership player btw. Anyone who says otherwise either knows nowt about football or has never seen him play.
Beckford would last 10 times game with us before being cast out the side for being 'lazy' and a 'poor footballer'.
Him and the crowd at SJP would be a massive, massive wrong fit. As would Boyd tbh, but to a lesser extent.
We'd struggle to keep clean sheets with that midfield and we wouldn't score goals. We'd finish on 15 points max, which obviously wouldn't be nail biting at all.
I don't see it as replacing Lovenkrands because he isn't even a starting player in the championship. The mere suggestion of him being in a first choice premiership Xl is beyond absurd.
To be fair to Lovenkrands, he managed 3 premiership goals in the time than Owen managed none. Still not good enough though.
I thought Lovenkrands could be a useful player in this divison and he might be. But the fact is, he's a shambolic footballer and if pace is all you need to be a striker, we can do an awful lot better for under £2M.
We shouldn't be having to sign players like Pancrate, but unfortunately our youths and reserves are complete garbage and it's been that way for a decade.